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Benjamin - Le Tombeau de Ravel

Adam Lee, clarinet

Kumi Matsuo, piano

 

Among the composer's last completed works is this set of Valses-caprices for clarinet or viola and piano composed in 1957 - one of Benjamin’s most delightful yet affecting works. It sends us back to the early violin works of the 1920s when the French influence was at its height in his music. Indeed, the title recalls Ravel’s own memorial work, Le tombeau de Couperin...

Paraphrased from notes by Calum MacDonald © 2014

 

I usually perform standing, but due to a knee injury sustained on the day of this performance, I had to play seated.

Recorded 13th February 2024, Princess Alexandra Concert Hall,

Over‑Seas House, London | Royal Over-Seas League Woodwind Final 2024 Recording by ROSL Arts

Decruck - Cantilène

Adam Lee, clarinet

Kumi Matsuo, piano

A recent reunion between husband and wife, and a known tendency to compose "in the evening when her young children were asleep and the house was quiet" produced this beautiful Cantilène, which I think paints an image of a relaxing Parisian evening, in the twilight hours, and the reunion of a happy couple.

I usually perform standing, but due to a knee injury sustained on the day of this performance, I had to play seated.

Recorded 13th February 2024, Princess Alexandra Concert Hall,

Over‑Seas House, London | Royal Over-Seas League Woodwind Final 2024
Recording by ROSL Arts

Capperauld - So my tears flow


Adam Lee, clarinet

Kumi Matsuo, piano

 

Written for the saxophonist, Lewis Banks. Originally written for Soprano Voice and Piano, So my tears flow is a reimagining of this lamenting song. Inspired by Ludwig Rellstab’s poem Aufenthalt, the title of this reimagined song-without-words refers to a particular line in Rellstab’s grief-stricken poem that reads: “As wave follows wave, so my tears flow, ever renewed.”

 

Recorded 31st May 2023, Royal College of Music. Produced by RCM Studios.

Horovitz - Clarinet Sonatina

Adam Lee, clarinet

Alison Procter, piano

Recorded 10th July, 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo
Hattori Foundation Early Evening Concert Series 

Video production by Tom Gant.

Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120

Adam Lee, clarinet

Alison Procter, piano

Recorded 10th July, 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo
Hattori Foundation Early Evening Concert Series 

Video production by Tom Gant.

Béla Bartók - 'Sebes' from Contrasts

Adam Lee, clarinet

Mio Takahashi, violin
Richard Zhang, piano

A performance from the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition Prize-winners' Concert in St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, November 2021.

Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

Adam Lee, clarinet

Another clip from the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition Prize-winners' Concert in St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, November 2021.

Francis Poulenc - Sonata for two clarinets

Maximiliano Martín & Adam Lee, clarinets

Masterclass at the Royal College of Music

October 2021

Rory Boyle - Burble

Burble was commissioned by, and written for the young clarinettist Fraser Langton. Two possible definitions of the word burble are a gurgling or bubbling sound and a rapid excited flow of speech both of which are portrayed in the music in various ways. Burble was nominated in the Solo/Duo category of the 2012 British Composer Awards.

Carl Frühling - Clarinet Trio, Op.40 

Adam Lee, clarinet
Heidi Bauer, cello
Haeun Cheong, piano

i) Mäßig schnell
ii) Anmutig bewegt
iii) Andante
iv) Allegro vivace

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